On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:33 -0700, "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was idling around in the back your in the area of my wife's West > vegetable garden (yes, there is an East) when I noticed this plant. > I, obviously, liked the structure of it and went for some equipment. > I knew I had to isolate it from some dead ground cover and give it a > background. I eliminated the dead stuff at the bottom by cropping it off > in the viewfinder. Shot this a f/2.8 but still got a somewhat busy > cucumber background. I blurred and darkened it, and reduced the "spotty" > look. > I asked my wife what it was and she said "they're chives that should have > been picked prior to reaching this stage." > Light thing in the lower left corner is stepping stone paver which I left > as an offset to the mums (?) on the right. > Thought it about time I offered "something." > > Jack > > Comments welcome, of course. > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=527 >
Nicely composed. The 'balance' to the image is just about right. I do find the background a bit distracting - maybe a trifle more blurring? Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
